Appointment of new CEO to UK Business

The Board of A2
Corporation is very pleased to announce that Scott
Wotherspoon is to assume the role of Chief Executive Officer
of the wholly owned subsidiary, A2 Milk (UK) Ltd, effective
from this date.

A2C advised in November 2013 the agreement
to acquire the 50% interest in the UK joint venture then
owned by Muller Wiseman Dairies and to enter into a contract
packing agreement with effect from January 2014. The
company also advised of a number of operational changes to
the sales and marketing functions of the business and
changes to the UK subsidiary Board structure as a result.
These changes increase our ability to manage and support the
ongoing development of the UK business.

This appointment
is consistent with our plan to further enhance management
resources to drive growth in the UK business. The role will
report through the local board structure to myself and be
based at the Company’s Guildford office near London.

Scott joins the Group with an outstandingly strong skill
set in sales, marketing and entrepreneurial businesses
primarily in Europe. His previous roles
have included:

• 15 years in marketing, sales and
commercial roles within Unilever in both Europe and
Asia• The CEO of a specialist beauty devices
business, creating an entirely new category in the UK and
ultimately securing a global distribution deal with Procter
and Gamble• Most recently, the CEO of Plum Baby, a
successful private equity backed food business in the UK
recently acquired by Campbells Foods.

Scott has a degree
from Cambridge University and is married with three
children.

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